With the development of 5G communication technology and the rise of power semiconductors, the switching frequency of the circuit keeps increasing, which pushes for miniaturization of power modules and related components. Therefore, in this paper, a one-step molding technology was
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With the development of 5G communication technology and the rise of power semiconductors, the switching frequency of the circuit keeps increasing, which pushes for miniaturization of power modules and related components. Therefore, in this paper, a one-step molding technology was proposed for a DC/DC buck converter power module. We proposed a method of using Soft Magnetic Powder filled Epoxy (SMPE) adhesive as a molding material to encapsulate a power module, which is a DC/DC buck converter power module contains several passive components, 1 power inductor, and a high-efficiency switching regulator with two integrated N-channel MOSFETs. On the basis of Finite Element Method (FEM), models were firstly established with component level moldings and checked with actual module samples for calibration. Based on the calibrated model, inductors without component level molding were then simulated. SMPE with 4~7μm insulated carbonyl ferrous powder were prepared and measured the magnetic relative permeability. Such material was investigated to pot the whole power module as a one-step molding, instead of separate molding for the power inductor and the power module. After that, thermal analysis and inductance were calculated and compared.@en